Our girl is 1 yo, and used to go to sleep without much problem at night.
However, for the last week, it's become quite difficult.
Here is how it goes :
when bedtime comes, we put her as usual in her ...

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We start to get her ready for bed around 8pm. ...

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My daughter used to go to sleep nicely. Sometimes, such as when she is overtired, she cries herself to sleep. But this week she learned how to open doors. It is wonderful in terms of development - but ...

I just bought a color led strip (like similar to this one) and installed it so that the ceiling can be lit with any color.
We're making experiments on which color would have better effects on calming ...

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I am afraid that he will not want to stay in ...

We converted our 2 year old toddler's crib into an an accessible bed a few weeks ago. He's doing well on it, so we want to replace his crib with the brand new single bed we bought for the spare room. ...

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I'm not a parent, or in any parenting position.
I am however kind of worried because of some rules in the house. I've been 18 for a few months now. And I still have quite a tight schema for bed and ...

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I often read that taking ...

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Recently she has ...